Part Time Nurse

Position Summary:

Job Summary:

Registered Nurses (RN) observe, assess and report symptoms and conditions of patients. The position is required to take and record vital signs, assess body systems, educate patients on health issues, administer medications, provide point of care testing, and performs office administration duties. RNs follow standing orders, nursing protocols, and written policies as needed for the nursing management of patients.

RNs at the SHC provide outreach education to Fort Lewis College campus classes, events, clubs, and affinity centers. RNs provide administrative support to clinic office operations including Insurance Billing, Immunization Compliance, paying bills, ordering supplies, create and run reports that are communicated to Admissions and Registrar Departments on campus, participate in EMR implementation meetings, and integrate with Bursar and IT departments both on campus and with SHC EMR support for improved efficiencies in daily operations. RNs provide quality, affordable, inclusive, and convenient healthcare and treatment to FLC students.

It is essential for this position to be flexible and adaptable to a changing work environment and maintain professional relationships with all students, faculty, staff, and colleagues.

Job Description:

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Perform daily nursing tasks.
• Maintain good working relationships with the Student Health Center staff, the Health Services Departments, the greater Fort Lewis College including all students, faculty, and staff, and the health care community in La Plata County and State CDPHE.
• Work within the scope of Registered Nurse training and experience.
• Follow the nursing standard of care guidelines at the Student Health Center.
• Provide excellence in customer service to students.
• Perform daily nursing and administrative tasks.
• Place IV and administer IVF replacement when directed by medical providers.
• Observe/assess and report symptoms and conditions of patients, record vital signs, educate patients on health issues, administer medications, provide point of care testing, and implements the nursing process.
• Makes decisions about health care needs of patients within the scope of nursing training and experience.
• Follows nursing standard-of-care guidelines in provision of health care services. Nurses observe and report symptoms and conditions of patients, develop nursing treatment plans, take and record vital signs, educate patients on health issues, administer medications, and implement the nursing process.
• Follows established nursing protocols and written policies to provide safe and effective nursing care to patients.
• Performs functions and duties at the Health Center in compliance with institutional policies of Fort Lewis College.
• Provide travel appointments to students providing researched data including CDC guidelines for travel vaccines: Yellow Fever, typhoid, and polio, and medications for malaria prevention and traveler’s diarrhea treatments.
• Draw labs on patients and perform point of care testing on them if needed.
• Process labs according to Labcorp/ARUP Guidelines including researching correct specimen tubes/containers, centrifuge, use of LabCorp interface within EMR to route and print proper requisitions and insurance information.
• Follow established guidelines/protocols to provide safe and effective nursing care.
• Promote healthy lifestyles through best practice and researched standards.
• Reconcile lab statements with visit statements.
• Knowledge of proper ICD-10 and CPT coding and visits, diagnosis, and procedures.
• Work closely with the Health and Well-being and Student Engagement Departments to provide wrap around care to FLC students.
• Represent the Student Health Center at student orientation, outreach programs, health promotion fairs, and classroom education opportunities.
• Provide flu clinics and flu education to campus community.
• Help students with their understanding of the COVID isolation and quarantine protocols and supports Pandemic Management.
• Order medical supplies from McKesson and the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment.
• Maintain lab equipment including sterilizer protocols, coordinate microscope maintenance, order test kits, eye wash station, and maintain annual lab skill competencies for SHC staff.
• Is foremost and always a “Teacher of Health” and promotes healthy lifestyles.
• Submit weekly flu/COVID-19 data to LPCHD.
• Clean patient rooms, the lab, and the pharmacy.
• Stock patient rooms with supplies and over the counter medications.
• Sterilize equipment and clean the autoclave.
• Clean laundry for patient care including linens, gowns, and towels.
• Strive to use good judgement and reasoning in all aspects of the position.
• Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities
• Maintains knowledge and awareness of digital accessibility including the American with Disabilities Act and Section 508.
• Produces and remediates digitally accessible materials in accordance with FLC standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned

About Fort Lewis College:

On a sage-brushed mesa overlooking downtown Durango and the La Plata Mountains, Fort Lewis College is Southwest Colorado’s premier public undergraduate research institution. With more than half of the 3,300 students identifying as people of color, FLC’s academic programming and campus life thrive on nurturing safe, diverse spaces for intellectual exploration and helping people achieve their career goals. A Native American-serving, Non-Tribal Institution, FLC is committed to promoting economic development in neighboring tribal communities and connecting students with the education they need to be the change in the world they want to see. Degree programs span the arts, business, education, health sciences, humanities, and social and natural sciences. Coursework builds on the natural, cultural, and historical resources found around the Four Corners region. Students work closely with faculty on research projects with real-world implications. Like the mountain town it resides in, FLC promotes a culture of work-life balance for students, faculty, and staff. Skyhawks enjoy unparalleled access to a healthy outdoor lifestyle thanks to 300 days of sunshine a year and more than 300 miles of hiking and biking trails in and around Durango

Notice to Prospective Employees:
 The Fort Lewis College is required by the Clery Act of 1990 to notify prospective employees, current employees, students and applicants where to access our Campus Security Report.  The report is updated and published annually in accordance with the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, Federal Student Right-to-Know, the Federal Drug-free Schools and Campuses Act of 1989. This report contains information about:

• Fort Lewis College's alcohol and other drug policy
• Sexual assault policy
• Campus security policies
• Campus/community resources
• The Colorado Riot Offense Statute restriction on enrollment
• Where to find registered sex offender information
• Crime statistics for the previous three calendar years
• Reporting crimes

 
 The Campus Security Report can be accessed in two ways:
By going to the internet website at:   www.fortlewis.edu/AnnualSecurityReport Fort Lewis College Student Affairs Office will also provide a paper copy of the annual security report upon request.   You can reach them at (970) 247-7331.

Equal Opportunity
Fort Lewis College does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, national origin, sex*, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, family or domestic status, political beliefs, veteran status, pregnancy, or genetic information. Accordingly, equal opportunity for employment shall be extended to all persons. The College shall promote equal opportunity, equal treatment, and affirmative action efforts to increase the diversity of students, faculty, and staff. The College is dedicated to building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. To file a report, get resources, read policies, or make an appointment, See www.fortlewis.edu/CARE.

Discrimination Questions?

Office of Compliance and Community Standards
David Pirrone, Director of Compliance
165 Education Business Hall
1000 Rim Drive
Durango, Colorado 81301
(970) 247-7182 djpirrone@fortlewis.edu

Questions about Title IX sex discrimination?    
Office of the Title IX Coordinator
Madeleine Gillman, Assistant Director of Compliance and Title IX Coordinator
230 Skyhawk Station
1000 Rim Drive
Durango, Colorado 81301
(970) 247-7049 mgillman@fortlewis.edu

Information about Fort Lewis College’s alcohol and drug policy, sexual assault policy, campus security policies, campus crime statistics, fire safety procedures and fire statistics, and campus/community resources can be found in the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. Hard copies are available upon request.

* Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Part 106 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and CFR 106 to Fort Lewis College may be directed to FLC's Title IX Coordinator and/or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education.

ADAA Accommodations
Any person with a disability as defined by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) may be provided a reasonable accommodation upon request to enable the person to complete an employment assessment. To request an accommodation, please contact Kristin Polens by phone 970-247-7459 or email kpolens@fortlewis.edu at least five business days before the assessment date to allow us to evaluate your request and prepare for the accommodation. You may be asked to provide additional information, including medical documentation, regarding functional limitations and type of accommodation needed. Please ensure that you have this information available well in advance of the assessment date.